Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office:


Burleson Hill

Burleson Hill community was located between Dew and Lanely, nearby of course
was Burleson Hill at 597 ft tall.  The Burleson Hill community had a school 
house that was used since 1880s when 25 students appears in a scholastic census 
in 1887.  The school was still operational until 1921 when Burleson Hill School 
was consolidated with the Dew School.
  Burleson Hill was about 9 miles from Fairfield to the south. Burleson Hill was 
about 3 miles east of Dew.   
  
Directions:  From I-45 midway between Dallas and Houston, exit #189, SR 179. 
Head east on 179 for about a mile to the town of Dew. Turn left at a junction 
with Farm-to-Market Road (FM) 489 and SR 75, and continue past a stop sign 
immediately after your turn (stay on FM 489). Continue east on FM 489 for 2.4 
miles past the junction with TX 75. See hp bump on left, and turn left onto CR 
461 just before the bump. Drive about 100 yards; watch for a small overgrown 
gate on the right. Park along the roadside there.  

Summit of Burleson Hill:  Latitude: N 31.60045; Longitude: W -96.102745

Schools:
Burleson Hill School: (abt 1875-1921)
   25 students in 1887
   24 pupils in 1893-94.
   consolidated with Dew about 1921.
   
Churches:


Buildings:


Cemeteries:
Holder Cemetery (1854-1875)

Nearby Cemeteries:
Dew Cemetery

Known Past Residents:
Black, Benjamin Blair 
Black, William Anderson
Clary, Betty Ann (Gehrels) 
Corley, S. M. Sr.
Harper, Lou
Herndon, Henry & Tabitha
Lancaster, William McCullough & Mary Eveline Yerby
Lane, Rev. James King